Venetian revival

Shopping center getting multimillion-dollar makeover.

Construction workers continue the transformation of the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.

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Cleaning crew member Martha Gutierrez, with Betty's Cleaning Contraction, polishes the windows in the new M Waterfront Grille after the installation of custom decorative railing was installed by The Valentines Custom Metal Fabrication at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.

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Construction workers transform the former Maxwell's on the Bay into the new M Waterfront Grille at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.

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Surveyors Larry Dooley, left, and Sean Hanes, with Agnoli, Barber & Brundage, map out the new valet parking driveway in front of the new M Waterfront Grille at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.

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Surveyors Larry Dooley, left, and Sean Hanes, with Agnoli, Barber & Brundage, map out the new valet parking driveway in front of the new M Waterfront Grille at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.

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Surveyor Sean Hanes, with Agnoli, Barber & Brundage, maps out the new valet parking driveway in front of the new M Waterfront Grille at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.

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A couple of shoppers meander through the Park Shore Drive underpass at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. A multimillion-dollar renovation project has begun at the shopping plaza, adding restaurants and other shops while refurbishing the current tenants.

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Maintenance man Ricardo Garcia polishes "Water Nymph," a sculpture by artist Raymond L. Lutgert, at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Four of the 16 sculptures in the shopping plaza have been removed during multimillion-dollar renovations.

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Cleaning crew member Martha Gutierrez, with Betty's Cleaning Contraction, polishes the windows in the new M Waterfront Grille after the installation of custom decorative railing was installed by The Valentines Custom Metal Fabrication at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.

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Laborer Pablo Estaban, with Austin Construction, tears out old tiling at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.

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Construction workers continue the transformation of the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.

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Laborers Rudy Sepeda, left, and Pablo Estaban, with Austin Construction, tear out old tiling at the Village on Venetian Bay on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, in Naples. Multimillion-dollar renovations have begun at the shopping plaza where restaurants and shops will be added while existing tenants will receive a facelift.